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The Irish standard., 1887-12-10
Death of Mother Mary Clarke.

DuBuouE, Ia., Dec. 4-Mother Mary
Clarke, the head of the order of Sisters
Of Charity, B. V. H., in this country,
died to-day at the mother house of the
order in Table Mound township. She
lived to the age Of eighty five, and is
recognized as one of the ableat and
most noteworthy women OF the times.
Over fif y years ago she founded the
order Of the Sisters of Charity, B. v.
NJ, III the city of Philadelphia, and was
attached to ST, Michael's Church, of
which Father Donahue was pastor. At
the time of the "Know Nothing Riots''
in Philadelphia. in 1874, Father Dona-
hue's church, house. library and all his
goods were burned. At that time he
came to Dubuque. and was accompanied
By Mother Clarke and four or five 9th
ers of this order The lands at Table
Mound were bought by Father Dona-
hue, and the house established, which
has grown SO powerful for the teaching
of good in the Northwest. Some years
ago Mother Clarke was elected mother
of the order for the term Of her life, and
has since that time held that position.
The object Of the order is to teach, aud
there are three houses in the city-the
one at the cathedral ST. Joseph's,
Main and e thirteenth streets; and
M Mount 81. Joseph II, On West Locust
street on the hill. u. 5.si
The Irish standard., 1887-12-10
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THE CHEROKEE NATION.

! T
+; One of the Most Favored Communities
on the Face of the Earth.
I Socially, poll. ie:.lly and historically,
| the Cherokees are an Interesting study.
! The Cherokee Nation is a political an
omaly. Situated almost in the center
| Of this country, neither State nor a
| Territory, and claiming almost abso-
| lutte sovereignty, immunitics that no
other people in this country are heir
! to, and privileges foreign to our form
/ of government, the Cherokees may be
said to be in many respects a favored
people. The Cherokees know good
thing when they see it, and having a
! good thing in their present condition
/ they aim to hold on to it. The Chero-
KEGS enjoy local self-governnent,
which is maintained without public
taxation. The rights of person and
property are protected. yet the proteo-
ton costs the protected nothing.
What other people in the United States
are blessed to this extent? The
| Cherokees have schools, semi
naries, asylums and a peniten-
| tiary, yet their maintenance does
not cost the citizen cent. And
yet there is very little difference be-
tween the so-called Cherokees and the
people of the neighboring States and
Territories. One might imagine be-
fore visiting the Cherokee Nation that
the Cherokees were red Indians. Such
however is not the ease. The modern
Cherokees are mostly white men, ma
tiyes of the different States and of the
European countries. There are few full
blooded Cherokees left You would
1t is alleged that there are 81 few full
blooded settlements on the Grand and
Canadian rivers, but people familiar
with every nook and corner OF the na-
ton inform me that those who are
called fnll-bloods are really not more
than half-breeds. The population o1
the Cherokee nation is about $4,000.
The Nation comprises 100000
acres Of some of the finest land
in the world. OF this 5000 90 Q
I'll = CCCtt lI1Cu; S,OVO?VOO ttC itftScN
to cattle sYndicates. The Cherokee
country is rich in mineral resources.
Some OF the finest coal beds iii the
country are now in process Of Develop
ment. 1t is well'wooded, we'll watered.
and is equally applicable to cattle rails
ing or agriculture, The land is held
in common. Any Cherokee citizen can
cultivate as much land as he feels like,
provided he does not infringe on the |
claim Of his neigh',or: He can fence
in any amount OF unoccup!ed domain |
he desires 30 cultivate, but must leave
a space OF a quarter of a mile between,
his fence and that Of the next planta-
ton This vacant space is used as
common for grazing and rond pu:'
poses. Ii is nothing uncommon TO tild
a five hundred acre plantation, luxur-
liant With corn, wheat, rye, Vegetables |
orchards aud all other products Of the
farm. The land is yyell-cult;vated, the |
most improved machinery is IN corl-
mon use, the fences are, substantial and
compact, and prosperity is everywhere
ppatent.--laterior.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-10
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

4 i .
Claus Spreckles. the sugar king
is said to be worth over $50, 600, 900.
| 20. O. Cabot, a brother Of Sebastian
Cabot, had only to spell his name back.
/ wards and. the result was, tobacco.
The youngest daughter Of Mr..
Gladstone is principal of the COLLEGE
for young women at Newnhaln, near
Cambridge.
! George Westinghouse, inventor OF
the air-brake, is worth $4,000, OOo
! This is believed to be the largest fort
lne ever f1la,s5 out OF wind.
The London Gazette the earliest
English newspaper, was commenced al
Oxford November Z. 1865 where the
court was then residing on account OF
the plague.
| 1t is rumored that the valuable
collection of manuscripts and auto
] graphs Of the late Ben: Perley Poore
are to be sold The collection is
valued at fifty tho usand dollars, and
includes many documents of historical
and political Importance. - Public
Opinion.
Mrs. Eliza Archard Conner, sec
ond in command to Gertrude Garrison
On the American Press Association,
New York, says that she received but
ten dollars for her first six mouths
newspaper work, but that a woman
who has a nose for news and news.
paper Instincts can succeed, If she
perseyeres and makes a place for her.
self.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg says
chat all amateurs OF music should keep
their eye on Mile. Adiny, who is now
singing under q three years engage.
u,ent at the Grand Opera-house. Paris.
Mile. Adiny is about twenty nine years
of age, large, and Of an Italian type Of
beauty. She is, however. an American
girl, her real name being Chapman,
and her birthplace Boston.
Baz0r.
j. NJ. Bailey, once famous as the
wit Of the Danbury News. has faded
from the humorous world and is now
an actor in q daily repeated domestic
tragedy. His wife is insane and de.
mands his entire attention. He must
dress her and arrange her hair and at
tend to all her wants She is like
child, and he gives her all his affection,
time and attention. His devotion is
described as something heroic.
journalism is making rapid prog
ress i'll Japan, although the largest
daily has not more than 10000 SUBJ
scribels. In Toxic there are FIVE
leading &lail;es besides over dozen OF
less Importance. The (Jiji shimpo)
Times is Undoubtedly the best-edited
newspaper in this country, aud next to
it comes the Toxic Da6Iy Aews, o semi
official organ. Among the papers OF
the central and southern provinces the
Osaka Ao5yssng San deserves mention
as having the largest circulation o1
any journal i'll Japan.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-10
KILLING CoNTAGlpN.

Low Infected Vessels Are Male Clean
I III American Ports.
''The vessel has been uisinfected'
That is about all you hear said when
ia vessel carrying passengers affected
with a ,ontagiou disease arrives at
lport.
Perfectly safe,' the health author
ities say, and so it generally turns out
to be, for no matter how virulent the
disease, it scarcely ever breaks over
this line set by the health protectors of
the country.
| Curious, isn't it, that boat load Of
people, who have, with their clothing
and baggage, been subjected or e1-
posed to cholera or yellow fever or
smallpox, can land passengers and
baggage and freight, all OF which have
carried the germs of disease, and dis
tribute them all over the country and
in the thickly y-crowded cities, and no
evil results followp
Let us see how it is done. Perhaps
It will not seem so strange then.
Thoroughly disinfected and placed in
quarantine is not a long sentence,
but it means good deal after all. To
be obliged to lie idly two weeks. watt
Ing to see if q horrible disease is going
to break out on shipboard ard carry
mon off by the dozen or score is not an
agreeable experience. Yet it is part
of the programme awaiting the luck
less vessel which arrives at port carry
Ing germs Of infectious diseases. But
that is not all. There is a good deal
more. ''Disinfection'' is a more serious
undertaking than is generally snp~
posed. Here is sample case, and one
which may interest those who have
never witnessed it's methods and its
thoroughness. Here is the way the
steamer Alesia. recently arriving in
New York with cholera on board, was
handled.
The passengers were first removed,
the sick TO the hospital for epidemic
diseases, the others to a quarantine
station where they were watched care
fully by competent physicians. Then
the work Of getting ri,i OF the germs ot
the disease began. The entire steamer
was twice washed with scal,ling water,
and then washed again, with a solution
OF corrosive slblimate. Think CT wash
ing every accessible part OF big ocean
steamer twice With boiling water and
then with q solution of corrosive sub.
Innate. Bat that was only beginning.
AS soon as this was done, the hatchets
were closed and the decks covered
with tarpautin and one hundred pounds
Of sulphur burned in the hold, the
matches being kept closed twelve hours.
Then every accessible part OF the ves-
Sci was again washed with brooms
and sponges) with the solution OF cor
rosive sublimate. Then the matches
were again closed and one hundred and
fifty pounds Of sul phur burned. Every
textile fabric, mats, carpets. clothing
Of She crew, beds and bedding, we're
subjected to a long boiling process.
of the passengers was
cooked" ]" with hot steam inside close
sank. The baggage, every piece of it,
subjected to hot steam and sulphurous
acid gas many hours. The vessel was
kept fourteen days in the lower bay,
away from ali other vessels, and, tiuai-
ly, as q parting prec;etition, all exposed |
portions except the saloons We're re-
painted, and the baggage of the pas
sengcrs agar. disinfected by sile means
above indicated. 49, Cor LSucsn,aotS |
IS3?aes.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-10
--.------------~MS- -75.-i&s--.----.--
y LIFE. ROMANCE.
How tho Picture ot Il Sweetheart Pr
vented Il Mars Su1ri1ie,

| How the Picture nt :. Sweetheart Pre-
| vented IL Mars Suicide,
! One Of the best known men in Nash
vile owes his life and success to his
sweetheart. He was born and reared
on Que of the British isles, the son Is
prosperous banker. When nearly
rwenty-one he had serious difficulty
with his father, and WAS hidden never
SO darkeu TIE doors Of his ancestral
home. 1t was ate at night when he
LETT the house and wandered along a
moor which ,ordered the family do
main. He was Frustrated with grief
and ren,crse, and determined to take
his life. He sat down aud took his pis-
tol out. As he reflected he took {, ho-
tograph OF his sweetheart from an in-
ner pocket of his coat and scanned the
wel]-known features will, eyes dinmed
with tears. Thinking upon her, hope
returned and he determined to live for
her sake, il not for his own. He has
tily showed the weapon into his pocket
and started for the railway station.
He came to America and drifted To
Nashville. He prospered in business,
and is now . highly respected citizen.
Unfortunately the romance ends here.
For years he had no communication
with his family, and the letters ne
wrote his sweetheart miscarried, for
shortly after he left her fa1ni moved
to distant town. He returned home
few years ago and sought out his
early love. She was married, and
three children played about her knees
He has conso|ed himself with u fair
American, and considers himself one
OF the happiest OF men. But he has
never ceased to thank his stars for the
girl who once saved his life; that her
influence did prevent him from suicide
he frankly stated to one ia s,iliar with
his life. -Nashuille -4mc7s,an.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-10

The man who wrote $50, solitude
where are thy charms?" was q business
man who didn't ADVERTISE" :" -- Teuu
| Sifjiaaqs.
-Reversed-Young Plainly 81 die
order them with collars, Biles, b11
these are we;.lly too beastly high
y'knaw." Eiles 'tMy dear Sir, you've
got the shir5 on upside down. It'd
BIS.
An article on the education Of tho
blind is attracting great attention. L
the article tells how blind may be
taught not to slom and creak on a
windy night, it is Il masterpiece. -
Life.
Lays Claim to No Finery.-
Tasse's ane silk has tho cornstslk tall,
While the Wheat a beard car claim;
The brocrnstals wears nc clothes at all,
But it's business just the same.
--Dl>lutb Par0grap1aer.
--'tHow t1o you spell 'resort?' " asked
the teacher. -c~s-o-u-r-g re-
piled the little girl at the foot Of the
class. And the teacher patted her on
the head and predicted that she would
make Il tirst-class caligraph operator
if she practiced hard. = Wusha1zgto7l
Critic.
-Frield-'sDon't cry so, dear. Char.
ley was q real good hrs band.' Widow
Ell know it. don't believe I'll ever
get any one like him again. Every
body knows he was so good to me that
in common deceucy can't try again
for ever SO long. Boo-hoo! Boo-hoo!'
-zoacn Topics.
Robinson stood ON the corner, his
attitude expressive Of pain. whats
the matter Robinson?' inquired Dunn.
ley, who chancel to he passing.
"Rheumatism again? Y,u look sort
O twisted ''No" responded Robin.
son, s',ny wife has just made me half :;
dozen new shirts, and I've got one Of
'em on. ~, Y Sun.
-sMrs. Gewgaw must be a woman
who suffers great Distress - remarked
Mr.. Pert as he observed the lady in
question exhibiting a very profuse
array of jewe1ry. ''She hasn't that
reputation, sir, replied Mr.. Oracle:
why Go you infer so?'' '.Merely FROM
the way she rings her hands, was the
response. Ionkers Gazette.
-.:Mary, dear, will you tell me what
that object hanging on chair is?'
"Why, that's u shirt / made for you.
I did il ali myself. Isn'tit del1ghtful9"
80, yes. So it's shirt, is it?" Ger.
tainly. But why are you so pale and
trembling?'' 80, I'm all right now,
dear. thought at first that had 'em
again. '-Nebroska State Journal.
Enthusiastic Sunday-school Teach
er-'''What beauties there are in nature!
You we'll re1nem ber the beautiful walk
you took g month ago when you went
through splendid park to your treat.
God made the country, but man made
the town. Now, my children, tell me
what you first observed when you vis-
tied that home of natureP" Ans
Keep of the grass. Buffalo Com
naercial. & 81
The Irish standard., 1887-12-10
AMATEUR MICROSCOPY,
Fasisontble People Making y Toy of
scientific Instrument.

Fashionable People Making :. Coy of &
scientific Instrument.
And now society has another fash.
ionable fad. 1t is the microscope. AS
q pastime for leisure hours this insttp1-
ment has come into general use. and
fashionable small talk to-day is plenti-
fully mingled with illusions TO <schro-
matte lenses, single and double pow.
ers, mounts, covers. specimens aud the
like. For 81 comparative small sum
one can now provide ones self with
really good instrument. For about
twenty dollars as good a single power
glass can be got as one would wish ia
have, while for sixty dollars Il fine
double power instrument can he got,
mounted in brass, with lenses, a slide
rest for specimen slides and a mirror
for concentrating the light and reflect.
ing il upon the specimen slide under
examination.
Amateur microscopic work, how.
ever, requires many articles necessary
to the proper mounting of specimens
and their satisfactory examination.
These arc mounts, pieces of common
window glass two inches long by an
inch in width; covers" small round
pieces of very thin glass with which to
cover 81 specimen; fine, thin razor.
small pinchers, delicate scissors, three
or four strong needles mounted in
handles and few bottles in which
to keep the necessary chemicals. a
fair Laboratory" for an amateur mi.
croscopist will include chloroform, Oil
of cloves, alcohol, balsam, eosin and
hsematoxylon. The cost Of all these
things is very little, and with. them all
kinds of specimens can be prepared.
Specimens such as g hy's wing, dust
from q buttertly's or moths wing,
blood flowers, hair and the like, which
would be spoiled by contract witL
water, are prepared by what is known
as the .:dry mount, For this work
ring OF balsam is made in the center
OF the glass slide and the specimen
placed within it. Then the cover
glass is put over the specimen and the
glass subjected toa gentle heat Pres
sure causes the balsam to melt the two
glasses al,herc, and when the balsam
cools the specimen is imprisoned in the
ring.
To bring out the different parts Of
construction and the composition, Ger.
tain specimens have to be dyed. Fol-
this purpose eosin, a light red dye,
car1nine, deep red dye, and h@ma.
toxylon, a purple dye, are used. Such
specimens are prepared after the man.
ner followed in ..wet'' mounting. M
r. HAL and Express.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-10

The old question as to whether the
upper part of a carriage wheel in mo-
ton goes along faster than the lower
part seems to have been settled by in
stantaneous photography. In the
photograph the outer ends of the upper
spokes appear lndistinct by reason of
the motion, while the outer ends Of the
spokes in the lower part of the wheel
are photographed with distinctness.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-10

Jones (s,noking) These are
something like cigars, eh, old boyp'
Brown (dubiously) Y es-er-some-
thing: like 'em. What are theyp'''
charleston Enterprise 5Ss....
The Irish standard., 1887-12-10

Passenger (on Texas railroad)
care we likely to reach Waco on time,
aconductorp" Conductor Depends
on the train-robber.. Ticket, please. .
M i. San
The Irish standard., 1887-12-10
: HUMOROUS.

THE man who wrote $50, solitude,
where are thy charms?" was q business
man who didn't ADVERTISE F" --- Teuus
Sifjinas.
The Irish standard., 1887-12-10

An article on the education of the
blind is attracting great attention. Ii
the article tells how blind may be
taught not to slom and cre;,k on a
windy night, it is 81 masterpiece.--
r ~,
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-12-10
No Rest for tho Aged Wicked.


Elkton's A. o. U. W. (Apcient Order o
United Workmen) mad gale time last Wed
nesdiy evening. 1t happened that the Pres
byterian congregation were having churel
festival in ''the Hall'' the same evening, and
that meant ofcourso bounteous repast fol
all who chose to partake. The Lodge room
of A. o. U. W. is in the third story of the
same building as the festival was held in
The benevolent order had Invited Industry
Lodge, No.2, to be its guest that evening,
and Iadustry Lodge came to the number of
nineteen as follows:
W. F. RJbinsou, Sitting Past Master;
Robert McCaulley, Jr., Master Worknss;
]. H. Keatley, Foreman; W. F. Casperson,
Overseer, ]. ]. Whitaker, Recorder; W. A.
Reynolds, Past Master Financ Ter: John W.
Diefendorf, Receiver and Grand Overseer;
Warren Harper, Inside ..Watchman; e. P.
Reeves, George Hardcastle. j. E. Saville,
Past Master; George W. King, Samuel T.
Aiken, George W. McCaulley, Harry Schlioe,
Sarn'l Chalfant, F. p. Rosin. F. G. Rickard,
]. W. Doughten.
About 8 o'clock, when the large Hall vas
packed with people eager to realize how
sumptious Presbyterian festival repast can
be; and the ladies were fitting about, max
ing of themselves waiter girls as active as
they were comey, the doors suddenly opened
and long file of people with solemn mien
came promptly in and did their best task the
efficiency of the volunteer mattresses. An
alyzed, the procession was found to consist
of the above-named group of Wilmington
Workmen dignitaries, precede d, aocompan-
led, guared and followed by Elkton Lodge,
with States Attorney Bratton as chief Off
Ger and DR.. Cooper as surgeon, thus doubly
fortified to enforce the laws and to heal the
wounds of any who might fall in the conflict
Supper overland such a supper My! How
those Presbyterian ladies can tempt the ap-
petitel Supper over, q raid was made on
about every male biped in the Hall, and re-
sistess invitation given to go up stairs and
hear some speeches. The instinct of speak
ing and listening to speeches being predom-
inant in the average American, we went in
scores aud were almost persuaded to become
members of the A. o. U. W. We were
shocked, however, to find from the very
agreeable speech of PIof. VIM. A. Reynolds
of Wilmington Classical Institute, that the
order has combined with Civil Service Re
former to make everybody wish he was dead
by the time he is fifty years Of age. The
to citizens duty after that age, and the A.
o. U. w. say that his life is no longer worth
jnsuIing. 1t was really sad to see how the
grey heads turued trife grey-er when this
announcement was made. OF course the
young folks don't care about insurng their
lives;-they expect to live forever anyway
and the old folks can have it.
Well, Professor Reynolds made taking
speech, and Mr. Diefendorf is evidently an
an enthusiast in the work of charity for tho
yonng. And the invited guests were glad
to have been there, and l ight have been
gladder if they had not been reminded again
and SO patbetcaly that one of the worst
crimes is to grow old.-[Cecil Democrat.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-12-10
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Every attachment works perfectly and can
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Its reputation is far above the average.
No one is asked to buy until they are
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Every machine is guaranteed as repre-
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